Chapter XVIII: Freedom Proclaimed to All

PRESIDENT LINCOLN'S PERSONAL APPEAL TO COLORED FREEMENHE BEGS THEM TO HELP IN THE COLONIZATION OF THEIR RACEPROPOSED AFRICAN COLONY IN CENTRAL AMERICAEXECUTIVE ORDER OF JULY 2, 1862EMPLOYMENT OF NEGROES FOR MILITARY PURPOSES OF THE UNIONJEFF. DAVIS RETALIATESMCCLELLAN PROMULGATES THE EXECUTIVE ORDER WITH ADDENDA OF HIS OWNHORACE GREELEY'S LETTER TO PRESIDENT LINCOLNTHE LATTER ACCUSED OF "SUBSERVIENCY" TO THE SLAVE HOLDERSAN "UNGRUDGING EXECUTION OF THE CONFISCATION ACT" DEMANDEDMR. LINCOLN'S FAMOUS REPLYHIS "PARAMOUNT OBJECT, TO SAVE THE UNION, AND NOT EITHER TO SAVE OR DESTROY SLAVERY"VISIT TO THE WHITE HOUSE OF A RELIGIOUS DEPUTATION FROM CHICAGOMEMORIAL ASKING FOR IMMEDIATE EMANCIPATION, BY PROCLAMATIONTHE PRESIDENT'S REPLY TO THE DEPUTATION"THE POPE'S BULL AGAINST THE COMET"VARIOUS OBJECTIONS STATED TENTATIVELY"A PROCLAMATION OF LIBERTY TO THE SLAVES" IS "UNDER ADVISEMENT"THE PROCLAMATION OF EMANCIPATION ISSUEDITS POPULAR RECEPTIONMEETING OF LOYAL GOVERNORS AT ALTOONATHEIR STIRRING ADDRESSHOMAGE TO OUR SOLDIERSPLEDGED SUPPORT FOR VIGOROUS PROSECUTION OF THE WAR TO TRIUMPHANT ENDPRESIDENT LINCOLN'S HISTORICAL RESUME AND DEFENSE OF EMANCIPATIONHE SUGGESTS TO CONGRESS, PAYMENT FOR SLAVES AT ONCE EMANCIPATED BY BORDER STATESACTION OF THE HOUSE, ON RESOLUTIONS SEVERALLY REPREHENDING AND ENDORSING THE PROCLAMATIONSUPPLEMENTAL EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION OF JAN. 1, 1863

CHAPTER XIX. HISTORICAL REVIEW.

COURSE OF SOUTHERN OLIGARCHS THROUGHOUTTHEIR EVERLASTING GREED AND RAPACITYBROKEN COVENANTS AND AGGRESSIVE METHODSTHEIR UNIFORM GAINS UNTIL 1861UPS AND DOWNS OF THE TARIFFFREE TRADE, SLAVERY, STATES RIGHTS, SECESSION, ALL PARTS OF ONE CONSPIRACY"INDEPENDENCE" THE FIRST OBJECT OF THE WARDREAMS, AMBITIONS, AND PLANS OF THE CONSPIRATORSLINCOLN'S FAITH IN NORTHERN NUMBERS AND ENDURANCE"RIGHT MAKES MIGHT"THE SOUTH SOLIDLY-CEMENTED BY BLOODTHE 37TH CONGRESSITS WAR MEASURESPAVING THE WAY TO DOWNFALL OF SLAVERY AND REBELLION

CHAPTER XX. LINCOLN'S TROUBLES AND TEMPTATIONS.

INTERFERENCE WITH SLAVERY FORCED BY THE WAREDWARD EVERETT'S OPINIONBORDER-STATES DISTRUST OF LINCOLNIMPOSSIBILITY OF SATISFYING THEIR REPRESENTATIVESTHEIR JEALOUS SUSPICIONS AND CONGRESSIONAL ACTIONPRESIDENT'S MESSAGE OF KINDLY WARNINGSTORMY CONTENTION IN CONGRESSCRITTENDEN'S ARGUMENT ON "PROPERTY" IN MANBORDERSTATES "BID" FOR MR. LINCOLNTHE "NICHE IN THE TEMPLE OF FAME" OFFERED HIMLOVEJOY'S ELOQUENT COUNTERBLASTSUMNER (JUNE, 1862,) ON LINCOLN AND EMANCIPATIONTHE PRESIDENT HARRIED AND WORRIEDSNUBBED BY BORDER STATESMENMCCLELLAN'S THREATARMY-MISMANAGEMENTARMING THE BLACKSHOW THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION WAS WRITTENCABINET SUGGESTIONSMILITARY SITUATIONREBEL ADVANCE NORTHWARDLINCOLN, AND THE BREAST-WORKSWASHINGTON AND BALTIMORE MENACEDANTIETAM, AND THE FIAT OF FREEDOMBORDER-STATE DENUNCIATIONKNIGHTS OF THE GOLDEN CIRCLE, ETC.

CHAPTER XXI. THE ARMEDNEGRO.

"WHO WOULD BE FREE, HIMSELF MUST STRIKE THE BLOW!"THE COLORED TROOPS AT PORT HUDSONTHEIR HEROISMSTIRRING INCIDENTSAT MILLIKEN'S BENDAT FORT WAGNERAT PETERSBURG AND ABOUT RICHMONDTHE REBEL CONSPIRATORS FURIOUSOUTLAWRY OF GENERAL BUTLER, ETC.JEFFERSON DAVIS'S MESSAGE TO THE REBEL CONGRESSATROCIOUS, COLD-BLOODED RESOLUTIONS OF THAT BODYDEATH OR SLAVERY TO THE ARMED FREEMANPRESIDENT LINCOLN'S RETALIATORY ORDERTHE BLOODY BUTCHERY AT FORT PILLOWSAVAGE MALIGNITY OF THE REBELSA COMMON ERROR, CORRECTEDARMING OF NEGROES COMMENCED BY THE REBELSSIMILAR SCHEME OF A REVOLUTIONARY HERO, IN 1778REBEL CONGRESSIONAL ACT, CONSCRIPTING NEGROESJEFFERSON DAVIS'S POSITIONGENERAL LEE'S LETTER TO BARKSDALE ON THE SUBJECT

CHAPTER XXII. FREEDOM'S SUN STILL RISING.

DEFINITE CONGRESSIONAL ACTION, ON EMANCIPATION, GERMINATINGGLORIOUS NEWS FROM THE WEST AND EASTFALL OF VICKSBURGGETTYSBURGLINCOLN'S GETTYSBURG ORATIONTHE DRAFTTHE REBEL "FIRE IN THE REAR"DRAFT RIOTS IN NEW YORKLINCOLN'S LETTER, AUGUST, 1863, ON THE SITUATIONCHATTANOOGATHE CHEERING FALL-ELECTIONSVALLANDIGHAM'S DEFEATEMANCIPATION AS A "POLITICAL" MEASURE"THIRTEENTH AMENDMENT" REPORTED IN THE SENATETHADDEUS STEVENS'S RESOLUTIONS, AND TEST VOTE IN THE HOUSELOVEJOY'S DEATHELOQUENT TRIBUTES OF ARNOLD, WASHBURNE, GRINNELL, THADDEUS STEVENS, AND SUMNER

CHAPTER XXIII. "THIRTEENTH AMENDMENT" IN THE SENATE.

GREAT DEBATE IN THE U. S. SENATE, ON EMANCIPATIONTHE WHOLE VILLANOUS HISTORY OF SLAVERY, LAID BARESPEECHES OF TRUMBULL, HENRY WILSON, HARLAN, SHERMAN, CLARK, HALL, HENDERSON, SUMNER, REVERDY JOHNSON, MCDOUGALL, SAULSBURY, GARRETT DAVIS, POWELL, AND HENDRICKSBRILLIANT ARRAIGNMENT AND DEFENSE OF "THE INSTITUTION"U. S. GRANT, NOW "GENERAL IN CHIEF"HIS PLANS PERFECTED, HE GOES TO THE VIRGINIA FRONTMR. LINCOLN'S SOLICITUDE FOR THE THIRTEENTH AMENDMENTBORDERSTATE OBSTRUCTIVE MOTIONS, AMENDMENTS, AND SUBSTITUTES, ALL VOTED DOWNMR. LINCOLN'S LETTER TO HODGES, OF KENTUCKY, REVIEWING EMANCIPATION AS A WAR MEASURETHE DECISIVE FIELD-DAY (APRIL 8, 1864)THE DEBATE ABLY CLOSEDTHE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT PASSED BY THE SENATE

CHAPTER XXIV. TREASON IN THE NORTHERN CAMPS.

EMANCIPATION TESTVOTES IN THE HOUSEARNOLD'S RESOLUTIONBLUE PROSPECTS FOR THE THIRTEENTH AMENDMENTLINCOLN'S ANXIETYCONGRESSIONAL COPPERHEADSTHINLY-DISGUISED TREASONSPEECHES OF VOORHEES, WASHBURNE, AND KELLEYSPRINGFIELD COPPERHEAD PEACE-CONVENTION"THE UNION AS IT WAS"PEACE ON ANY TERMSVALLANDIGHAM'S LIEUTENANTSATTITUDE OF COX, DAVIS, SAULSBURY, WOOD, LONG, ALLEN, HOLMAN, AND OTHERSNORTHERN ENCOURAGEMENT TO REBELSCONSEQUENT SECOND INVASION, OF THE NORTH, BY LEE500,000 TREASONABLE NORTHERN "SONS OF LIBERTY"RITUAL AND OATHS OF THE "K. G. C." AND "O. A. K."COPPERHEAD EFFORTS TO SPLIT THE NORTH AND WEST, ON TARIFF-ISSUESSPALDING AND THAD. STEVENS DENOUNCE TREASON-BREEDING COPPERHEADS

CHAPTER XXV. THE "FIRE IN THE REAR."

THE REBEL MANDATE"AGITATE THE NORTH!"OBEDIENT COPPERHEADSTHEIR DENUNCIATIONS OF THE GOVERNMENTBROOKS, FERNANDO WOOD, AND WHITE, ON THE "FOLLY" OF THE WAR FOR THE UNIONEDGERTON'S PEACE RESOLUTIONSECKLEY, ON COPPERHEAD MALIGNITYALEXANDER LONG GOES "A BOW-SHOT BEYOND THEM ALL"HE PROPOSES THE ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF SOUTHERN INDEPENDENCEGARFIELD ELOQUENTLY DENOUNCES LONG'S TREASONLONG DEFIANTLY REITERATES ITSPEAKER COLFAX OFFERS A RESOLUTION TO EXPEL LONGCOX AND JULIAN'S VERBAL DUELHARRIS'S TREASONABLE BID FOR EXPULSIONEXTRAORDINARY SCENE IN THE HOUSEFERNANDO WOOD'S BIDHE SUBSEQUENTLY "WEAKENS"EXCITING DEBATELONG AND HARRIS VOTED "UNWORTHY MEMBERS" OF THE HOUSE

CHAPTER XXVI. "THIRTEENTH AMENDMENT" DEFEATED IN THE HOUSE.

GLANCE AT THE MILITARY SITUATION"BEGINNING OF THE END"THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTHOLMAN "OBJECTS" TO "SECOND READING"KELLOGG SCORES THE COPPERHEAD-DEMOCRACYCONTINUOUS "FIRE IN THE REAR" IN BOTH HOUSESTHE PROPOSED AMENDMENT ATTACKEDTHE ADMINISTRATION ATTACKEDTHE TARIFF ATTACKEDSPEECHES OF GARRETT DAVIS, AND COXPEACE-RESOLUTIONS OF LAZEAR AND DAVISGRINNELL AND STEVENS, SCORE COX AND WOODHENDRICKS ON THE DRAFT"ON" TO RICHMOND AND ATLANTAVIOLENT DIATRIBES OF WOOD, AND HOLMANFARNSWORTH'S REPLY TO ROSS, PRUYN, AND OTHERSARNOLD, ON THE ETHICS OF SLAVERYINGERSOLL'S ELOQUENT BURSTRANDALL, ROLLINS, AND PENDLETON, CLOSING THE DEBATETHE THIRTEENTH AMENDMENT DEFEATEDASHLEY'S MOTION TO RECONSIDERCONGRESS ADJOURNS

CHAPTER XXVII. SLAVERY DOOMED AT THE POLLS.

THE ISSUE BETWEEN FREEDOM AND SLAVERYMR. LINCOLN'S RENOMINATIONENDORSED, AT ALL POINTS, BY HIS PARTYHIS FAITH IN THE PEOPLEHORATIO SEYMOUR'S COPPERHEAD DECLARATIONSTHE NATIONAL DEMOCRACY DECLARE THE WAR "A FAILURE"THEIR COPPERHEAD PLATFORM, AND UNION CANDIDATEMCCLELLAN THEIR NOMINEEVICTORIES AT ATLANTA AND MOBILEFREMONT'S THIRD PARTYSUCCESSES OF GRANT AND SHERIDANDEATH OF CHIEF-JUSTICE TANEYMARYLAND BECOMES "FREE"MORE UNION VICTORIESREPUBLICAN "TIDAL-WAVE" SUCCESSLINCOLN RE-ELECTEDHIS SERENADE-SPEECHESAMAZING CONGRESSIONAL-RETURNSTHE DEATH OF SLAVERY INSUREDIT BECOMES SIMPLY A MATTER OF TIME

CHAPTER XXVIII. FREEDOM AT LAST ASSURED.

THE WINTER OF 1864THE MILITARY SITUATIONTHE "MARCH TO THE SEA"THOMAS AND HOODLOGAN'S INTERVIEW WITH THE PRESIDENTVICTORIES OF NASHVILLE AND SAVANNAHMR. LINCOLN'S MESSAGE TO CONGRESS, ON THIRTEENTH AMENDMENTCONGRESSIONAL RECESSPRESIDENT LINCOLN STILL WORKING WITH, THE BORDER-STATE REPRESENTATIVESROLLINS'S INTERVIEW WITH HIMTHE THIRTEENTH AMENDMENT UP, IN THE HOUSE, AGAINVIGOROUS AND ELOQUENT DEBATESPEECHES OF COX, BROOKS, VOORHEES, MALLORY, HOLMAN, WOOD, AND PENDLETON, AGAINST THE AMENDMENTSPEECHES OF CRESWELL, SCOFIELD, ROLLINS, GARFIELD, AND STEVENS, FOR ITRECONSIDERATION OF ADVERSE VOTETHE AMENDMENT ADOPTEDEXCITING SCENE IN THE HOUSETHE GRAND SALUTE TO LIBERTYSERENADE TO MR. LINCOLN"THIS ENDS THE JOB"

CHAPTER XXIX. LINCOLN'S SECOND INAUGURATION.

REBELLION ON ITS "LAST LEGS"PEACE COMMISSIONS AND PROPOSITIONSEFFORTS OF GREELEY, JACQUES, GILMORE, AND BLAIRLINCOLN'S ADVANCESJEFFERSON DAVIS'S DEFIANT MESSAGE TO HIMTHE PRESIDENT AND THE REBEL COMMISSIONERS AT HAMPTON ROADSVARIOUS ACCOUNTS, OF THE SECRET CONFERENCE, BY PARTICIPANTS THE PROPOSITIONS ON BOTH SIDESFAILURETHE MILITARY OUTLOOKTHE REBEL CAUSE DESPERATEREBEL DESERTIONS"MILITARY" PEACE-CONVENTION PROPOSED BY REBELSDECLINEDCORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN GRANT AND LEE, ETC.THE SECOND INAUGURATION OF PRESIDENT LINCOLNA STRANGE OMENHIS IMMORTAL SECOND-INAUGURAL

CHAPTER XXX. COLLAPSE OF THE ARMED CONSPIRACY.

PROGRESS OF THE WARCAMPAIGN OF THE CAROLINAS, 1865MEETING, AT CITY POINT, OF LINCOLN, GRANT, AND SHERMANSHERMAN'S ACCOUNT OF WHAT PASSEDGRANT NOW FEELS "LIKE ENDING THE MATTER"THE BATTLES OF DINWIDDIE COURT HOUSE AND FIVE FORKSUNION ASSAULT ON THE PETERSBURG WORKSUNION VICTORY EVERYWHEREPETERSBURG AND RICHMOND EVACUATEDLEE'S RETREAT CUT OFF BATTLE OF SAILOR'S CREEKGRANT ASKS LEE TO SURRENDERLEE DELAYSSHERIDAN CATCHES HIM, AND HIS ARMY, IN A TRAPTHE REBELS SURRENDER, AT APPOMATTOXGRANT'S GENEROUS AND MAGNANIMOUS TERMSTHE STARVING REBELS FED WITH UNION RATIONSSURRENDER OF JOHNSTON'S ARMYOTHER REBEL FORCES SURRENDERTHE REBELLION STAMPED OUTCAPTURE OF JEFFERSON DAVISTHE REBELS "YIELD EVERYTHING THEY HAD FOUGHT FOR"THEY CRAVE PARDON AND OBLIVION FOR THEIR OFFENCES

CHAPTER XXXI. ASSASSINATION!

PRESIDENT LINCOLN AT RICHMONDHIS RECEPTIONS AT JEFFERSON DAVIS'S MANSIONRETURN TO WASHINGTONTHE NEWS OF LEE'S SURRENDERLINCOLN'S LAST PUBLIC SPEECHHIS THEME, "RECONSTRUCTION"GRANT ARRIVES AT THE NATIONAL CAPITALPRESIDENT LINCOLN'S LAST CABINET MEETINGHIS FOND HOPES OF THE FUTUREAN UNHEEDED PRESENTIMENTAT FORD'S THEATRETHE LAST ACCLAMATION OF THE PEOPLETHE PISTOL SHOT THAT HORRIFIED THE WORLDSCULKING, RED HANDED TREASONTHE ASSASSINATION PLOT-COMPLICITY OF THE REBEL AUTHORITIES, BELIEVED BY THE BEST INFORMED MENTESTIMONY AS TO THREE ATTEMPTS TO KILL LINCOLNTHE CHIEF REBEL-CONSPIRATORS "RECEIVE PROPOSITIONS TO ASSASSINATE"A NATION'S WRATHANDREW JOHNSON'S VEHEMENT ASSEVERATIONS"TREASON MUST BE MADE ODIOUS"RECONSTRUCTION

CHAPTER XXXII. TURNING BACK THE HANDS

"RECONSTRUCTION" OF THE SOUTHMEMORIES OF THE WAR, DYING OUTTHE FOURTEENTH AND FIFTEENTH AMENDMENTSTHE SOUTHERN STATES REHABILITATED BY ACCEPTANCE OF AMENDMENTS, ETC.REMOVAL OF REBEL DISABILITIESCLEMENCY OF THE CONQUERORSTHE OLD CONSPIRATORS HATCH A NEW CONSPIRACYTHE "LOST CAUSE" TO BE REGAINEDTHE MISSISSIPPI SHOT-GUN PLANFRAUD, BARBARITY, AND MURDERS, EFFECT THE PURPOSETHE "SOUTH" CEMENTED "SOLID" BY BLOODPEONAGE REPLACES SLAVERYTHE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 1876THE TILDEN "BARREL," AND "CIPHER DISPATCHES"THE "FRAUD" CRYTHE OLD LEADERS DICTATE THE DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE OF 1880THEIR FREE-TRADE ISSUE TO THE FRONT AGAINSUCCESSIVE DEMOCRATIC EFFORTS TO FORCE FREE-TRADE THROUGH THE HOUSE, SINCE REBELLIONEFFECT OF SUCH EFFORTSREPUBLICAN MODIFICATIONS OF THEIR OWN PROTECTIVE TARIFFTHE "SOLID SOUTH" SUCCEEDS, AT LAST, IN "ELECTING" ITS CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENTIS THIS STILL A REPUBLIC, OR IS IT AN OLIGARCHY?